ROS Command Cheat Sheet¶

roslocate¶

Displays Package Information

roslocate info [PACKAGE]

Create a new package

roscreate-pkg [package_name] [depend1] [depend2] [depend3]

Reindex packages

rospack profile

Find Packages

rospack find [PACKAGE]

List all nested dependencies

rospack depends(1) [PACKAGE]

List current ROS nodes

rosnode list

Detailed information about specific node

rosnode info [NODE]

Daemon running msg handling/etc

Run a ros node

rosrun [PACKAGE] [NODE]

List the types of messages being published

rostopic list

for contents of message

rostopic echo [MESSAGE TOPIC]

Publish messages

rostopic pub [TOPIC] [MSG_TYPE] -- [ARGS]

Launch from a launch file

roslaunch [PACKAGE] [launch-file]